It was harvest time recently for an Internet fraudster as he bagged a 376- year jail term at an Ikeja High Court for defrauding an American of N3 billion in a shady deal.
Harrison Odiawa (aka Abu Belgore) who had come to court with his travelling bag from Kirikiri and was bubbling with hope that he would return home was left shattered and broken hearted when he was pronounced guilty as charged by the court presided over by Justice Joseph Oyewole.
He was found guilty on 48 counts of the 58- count-charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the key role he played in the mega scam that not only rendered the American victim, George Blick broke but also earned him 30 months’ jail term in USA.
The fraudster had baited Blick with the false claim of overseas payment of N205 million Federal Ministry of Health contract sum to certain companies in the United States of America. The purported contract has a fictitious identification number FMOH/Faii83/98. To perpetrate the crime, the fraudster used several forged documents, including certificate of registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), contract award certificate purported to have been issued by the ministry.
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